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Editorials / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG July/August 2023
... St. Paul’s Hospital since 2004, and I joined the team at BC Cancer in the fall of 2008 to develop the provincial Colon ... for the opportunity to serve as the guest editor of this BC Medical Journal theme issue and have assembled a ... the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in BC. Screening reduces both colorectal cancer mortality and ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Laura Gentile, RD, MHA July/August 2023
... colorectal cancer incidence and related deaths.[ 11 , 12 ] BC Colon Screening Program The BC Colon Screening Program, implemented on 15 November 2013, ... and provides a follow-up colonoscopy for abnormal results. BC chose a quantitative fecal immunochemical test with a low ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: James R. Gray, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... Colon screening Colorectal cancer screening strategies for BC have recently been revised and published by the Guidelines ... Advisory Committee, a joint committee of Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health.[ 2 ] The recommendations include risk ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: David F. Schaeffer, MD, FRCPC July/August 2023
... its colonoscopy surveillance recommendations, which the BC Colon Screening Program has adopted.[ 1 ] Pathogenesis of ... no risk for lymph node metastasis. Therefore, as per the BC Colon Screening Program Pathology Standards, these cases ... polyps are managed as sessile serrated lesions. In the BC Colon Screening Program, among individuals who underwent ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Jennifer E. Nuk, MSc, CGC, CCGC July/August 2023
... years of age at the time of diagnosis, a referral to the BC Cancer Hereditary Cancer Program. First-degree relative ... with family history validation, most screening programs, BC’s included, do not distinguish these individuals from ... modality used in programmatic screening. Although the BC Colon Screening Program offers intensified screening for ...
News / BY: Laura McLean September 2023
... Members’ Products and Services, Doctors of BC News A delay in the attending physician’s statement can ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kaitlyn Kwok September 2023
... children and adolescents, including periodic closures of BC schools and public playgrounds and changes to contact ... severity, and outcome of pediatric sepsis cases in the BC Children’s Hospital pediatric ICU, a large referral ICU for children across BC, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Study design In ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: A. Cherukupalli, MD, MHSc September 2023
... 14 ] Only a few subspecialized rhinologists in BC offer Draf III. Biologics have revolutionized the ... aspirin desensitization therapy has been very limited in BC for years. The COVID-19 pandemic made office spirometry ... [ Table 1 ][ 12 ] to work within the constraints of the BC health care system. Since November 2021, 10 patients have ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... Physician Payment Model, developed in consultation with BC Family Doctors and Doctors of BC.[ 1 ] It addresses the lack of adequate paid time per ... take only 3064 of the 7229 licensed family physicians in BC.[ 17 ] The resulting improved access to longitudinal ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... the assistance of a College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC librarian. A systematic review conducted in 2021 ... continues to be either lacking or conflicting. The BC Centre for Disease Control[ 19 ] emphasizes the importance ... from the Provincial Infection Control Network of BC.[ 20 ] Regionally, without clear provincial guidance, ...